An Unbelievable Cure For Cough & Cold

You will find this interesting and may not believe what you read but I assure you this is tried and tested and it works. This cure is based on food - food items made with gram flour ("besan"). Pancakes, dessert and vegetable dumplings made with gram flour help contain and cure the phlegm. There are many people in India who cure their cold with these food items alone. I am giving the recipes for three of these food items which are easy to make and show fast and definite results.

First recipe is for gram flour pancakes - Mix a cup of gram flour and water to make a medium consistency paste. Add salt to taste. You may add a chopped/grated onion and a chopped/grated potato to the mixture too. Make pancakes of this mixture. Shallow fry them in a pan and serve hot. These are also called "Poorhas" or "Cheelas" in the local dialects.

Second recipe is for gram flour dessert - Take a tablespoon of gram flour and saute with a spoon of ghee. Stir till golden brown and add a cup of milk. Boil and add sugar to taste. Stir and remove pan from the stove and serve hot.

Third recipe is for gram flour dumplings - Chop some onions, potatoes and cauliflower. Mix them in gram flour. Add water to make a medium consistency paste. Add salt to taste. You may add other condiments as per taste. Heat some vegetable oil in a deep pan. Fry dumplings of the gram flour and vegetable mixture till golden brown. The dumplings can be had with mint chutney or tomato ketchup.